Today, my friend thought it would be funny to change the language setting on my phone to Mandarin. Unfortunately, neither of us knows Mandarin, and we can't change it back to English. FML
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Today, while I was in the shower, my older brother thought it would be funny to change the language on my phone to Serbo-Croatian. I don't know how and can't change it back. FML
Today, I was trying to get my girlfriend to speak Mandarin. After speaking her first words and taking a break, she posted on Facebook: "I speak ching chong! :D :D :D" FML
Today, in an idle moment I tried to change the language on a Word document. Instead, I changed my default Office language, and now all my Office apps - plus all my work Excel files - are now in Ukrainian. It's really hard to fix when you can't read the instructions. FML
Today, I was eating at a Chinese restaurant, when I stopped the waitress to tell her that even though I am of Chinese heritage, I can't understand a word of Chinese. After an awkward silence, she told me she was actually speaking English. FML
Today, I was unable to communicate with a customer who only spoke French. As a result, my boss called me a "monolingual idiot." I speak Spanish, German, and Japanese. FML
Today, I was trying to change my PIN code in order to make my phone more secure and prevent people from getting information from it. Instead, I somehow ended up locking my phone permanently. FML
Today, my husband changed the voice on my car's GPS to Mr T's. I don't know how to change it back. I've been saying, "I pity the fool" over and over again ever since. FML
Today, at a tutoring center, one of the tutors looked at my worksheet and laughed. She then showed all the other tutors my mistakes and they laughed along with her. The best part? They all speak Chinese and they think I can't understand them. I'm Chinese. FML
Today, I texted my friend and asked her what her sad status on Facebook was about. She texted me back, saying her step-mother had passed away. I tried to reply with "awwh" but my phone autocorrected it to "ahaha." FML
Today, my friend asked me to order take out for him because he gets nervous on phones. I called a Chinese restaurant, only to get nervous, and hang up. FML
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Frenchtony 17
I did that once except that I changed it to Japanese, the FML was refused. FML
Kallian_fml 21
Time to make a new Asian friend.
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Comments (124)
cna1216 15
Try google translate. I think that might work.
diaosi 4
设置---语言---English
redmnky21 8
unplug your tv completely from the power wait about a minute plug it back in, it should reset... if not call the manufacturer... NOT your cable company
byron17 26
umm did you read the FML??? It's a phone not a TV!
Sukyi199495 10
Technically... The written Chinese language would most likely either be simplified or traditional Chinese. Mandarin is just the most common dialect spoken due to it being the national language. If you say it's Mandarin, you are most likely referring to simplified Chinese. :)
ReiKoko 16
this. mandarin is a spoken language. the written langauge is just called chinese. like many others have said, i'm sure you can google it, as a lot of people have had this happen to them somehow before.
susiejs 1
Hey I do this joke allllll the time! It's really easy to fix! Just find a phone that's the same type in English. Find what button to press on the phone in English and match it to the one in the other language. Bam! You're done!
marramrammar 2
Easy fix - show translation and step on the web.
Astronaut01 11
try google traslate
horserider13 5
Then how are you typing now if u can't read it?
iKristien 5
#114 Uhmm ... computer??
FML_4life_ 8
I remember changing a perfectly good iPod to Chinese. I don't know Chinese and this sucks. iPod= wasted
AshAsh014 4
Dont you remember the options and where everything was?